I want report and summary about this company (Baxter International Inc) Purpose

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I want report and summary about this company (Baxter International Inc) Purpose of the project and report (all the titles are 12 inch font) Industry Analysis and Competition Do the following (a) Industry description: Size of the industry, number of players, is it a mature industry, new industry, etc. (b) What are the prospects for the businesses in which the company is involved? Is it a "growth" industry (i.e., microelectronics) or a "mature" industry (i.e., steel making, mining)? (c) How does your company stand in it's industry (Is it the industry leader, newcomer, etc.)? (c) Demographic analysis of customer base (d) Effect of the economy at large on the sector and the firm. Do the following (a) Show balance sheet and profit and loss or income statement for the company over a period of time. (b) Use ratios discussed in Chapter 8 to analyze the financial information, (c) Present a graph of at least one ratio in each of the three categories of ratios. The graph should have the year on the horizontal axis and the ratio on the vertical axis. It should include at least 3 years (ratios). It should also compare the company's ratios with the industry average for the industry that your chosen company operates. (d) Comment on the results achieved. Chapter 8 talking about (Breakeven Point,Optimal pricing,Sensitivity Analysis,and Planning horizons) lysis and Planning horizons ) 5 in millions 12 months ended Dec 31, 2015 Dee 31, 2014 16.671 Dec 31, 2013 Dec 31, 2012 Dec 31, 2011 5 Net sales 4,146 3,.094 7,595 3,681 1,246 6847 7,046 Research and deveopment expenses -1,156 2,946 11 Interest expense 12 Interest income -128 -130 19 Other income (expense), net 20 income taxes 123 2 Income from operations s Net income attributable to Baxter 968 249720122.326 2.224 Results and Analysis Do the following (a) Do you recommend this company as an investment? Why or why not?(b) Would you recommend that a person accept employment with this company? Why or why not?

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a) This example is of Healthcare industry. It is one of the largest and fastest growing industry. In U.S. itself the healthcare expenditures were about $3.24 trillion in 2015 and provides more than 13.5 million jobs. There are large number of players in this industry. Healthcare is in its maturity stage though growth rate is high.

b) So the prospects for future of the company in this industry in good as the industry and the growth rate of industry is one of the highest. They are on maturity stage as their focus is now on market share instead of market growth. With $16.3 billion sale in 2013 Baxter is a important player in this industry but it cannot be said as market leader because of large number of big firms in this industry.

c) Basically a big healthcare company has its customer base around all the demographical sections but age matters more as old people and newborn baby are biggest customer base of Baxter because of kidney relared disease and vaccines.

d) Although healthcare iss considered to be a necessity but still it is not impervious to effects of economy. Job loss and inability to pay premiums reduce the demand of healthcare products while recession. Low demand in in turn reduces pay of healthcare employees, R & D expenditure, etc.

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